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Receptive
A child with receptive language difficulties has problems understanding spoken or written language or in listening. They may have difficulties with:
- processing and retaining auditory information, and in following instructions and directions.
- understanding what is said (may be exacerbated in group discussions).
- answering questions - may be related to a limited understanding of question forms.
- filtering out background noise.
- verbal reasoning.
- remembering strings of words and difficulties with sound discrimination may also be evidenced.
- language limitations, which may also interfere with topic maintenance.
- comprehension difficulties.
- turn taking in conversation.
- pragmatics, such as poor understanding, poor use of tone, facial gesture and body language, and poor eye contact.
- establishing and maintaining peer relationships.
Expressive
Children with expressive difficulties find it difficult to say what they want to through the use of language. The student’s understanding of language is likely to outstrip his/her ability to communicate with the spoken word. There may be:
- a reticence to talk and children may resort to pointing or gesturing to get their message across.
- a lack in variation of intonation or volume.
- impaired use of imaginative play and social use of language
- difficulties in describing, defining and explaining, and in retelling stories/events.
- greater use of empty phrases and non-specific words.
- an impact on the students’ abilities in relation to writing, spelling, composing sentences/compositions and answering all but the most straightforward of questions.
- evidence of omission of function words such as ‘the’ and ‘is’, and grammatical markers such as tense endings.
- difficulties in the formulation of full sentences and in the understanding of multiple word meanings.
- problems with establishing and maintaining peer relationships.
- incorrect use of words, eg. use the word 'table' instead of 'chair', while fully understanding the difference between the two (or use incorrect grammar such as 'I can't want play').
Expressive language resources for parents
Increasing sentence length resources for parents
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